Thynias

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θῡνῐᾰ́ς (Thūniás), a feminine adjective in -άς (-ás) from the same base as Θῡνός (Thūnós) and Θῡνῐ́ᾱ (Thūníā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰyː.ni.as/, [ˈt̪ʰyːniäs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ni.as/, [ˈt̪iːniäs]

Adjective

Thȳnias (genitive Thȳniadis or Thȳniados); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (hapax) Thynian, a poetic word for Bithynian
   • 30 BCE – 16 BCE, Propertius, Elegies 1.20.34:

     hic erat Arganthi Pege sub vertice montis, / grata domus Nymphis umida Thyniasin

     • 1990 translation by G. P. Goold

       Here beneath the crest of Arganthus’ mount lay the well of Pege, a watery haunt dear to Bithynia’s nymphs

Declension

Only used in the feminine, only attested in the unadapted dative plural Thȳniasin = Θῡνῐᾰ́σῐν (Thūniásin).

Proper noun

Thȳnias f sg (genitive Thȳniadis or Thȳniados); third declension

1. a city in Thrace

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

2. an island on the Black Sea

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Thȳnias
Genitive	Thȳniadis Thȳniados
Dative	Thȳniadī
Accusative	Thȳniada
Ablative	Thȳniade
Vocative	Thȳnias
Locative	Thȳniadī Thȳniade

References

• “Thȳnĭăs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Thȳnĭăs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,573/3.
• “Thȳnias” on page 1,940/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)